College students’ exercise experience and aggression during COVID-19: A chain mediating model

Aim This study aimed to explore to how exercise experience affects the aggression of college students and the mediating effects of mood and exercise attitude in COVID-19. Methods A questionnaire survey [The Subjective Exercise Experience Scale (SEES); Profile of Mood State (POMS); Exercise Attitude...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 13; p. 1020679
Main Author Jiang, Qi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 16.11.2022
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aggression
exercise attitude
exercise distress
exercise experience
exercise well-being
Psychology
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Summary:Aim This study aimed to explore to how exercise experience affects the aggression of college students and the mediating effects of mood and exercise attitude in COVID-19. Methods A questionnaire survey [The Subjective Exercise Experience Scale (SEES); Profile of Mood State (POMS); Exercise Attitude Scale; and Aggression Questionnaire (AQ)] was conducted among 1,006 college students. Results Exercise experience had a significant effect on aggression. The direct effect of exercise well-being was not significant, but indirectly affected the aggression through independent mediation and chain mediation of mood and exercise attitude. The direct effect of exercise distress was not significant, but indirectly affected the aggression through independent mediation and chain mediation of mood and exercise attitude. Conclusion Mood and exercise attitude are powerful factors to alleviate the impact of exercise experience on aggression during the pandemic. Actively adjusting the mood and exercise attitude from a cognitive perspective may be an effective way to promote college students’ physical exercise and reduce aggression.
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This article was submitted to Movement Science and Sport Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Edited by: Antonio Hernández-Mendo, University of Malaga, Spain
Reviewed by: Cristina Sanz-Fernández, Colegio oficial de psicólogos de La Rioja, Spain; Rafael E. Reigal, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020679